Wichita eagle., 1887-11-29
THE FAIR
opened Last Evening to \ Crowded House al
the Crawford.

Last evening the fair at the Crawford
opened under most encouraging circum-
stances. the exhibits were good, the pro-
gramme offered varied and interesting
and the attendance large. The ladies of
the German Evangelical Lutheran church
have with great pains arranged for the
fair; hoping thereby To raise funds for the
new church in course of erection on South
Emporia.
The house had been arranged and
decorated neatly and attractively
and presented very pleasant appearance.
| The ladies of the different booths are all
working hard for the success OF their de-
partments, while scores of pretty girls be-
seige the unprotected bachelor and before
he is aware he has taken chance after
chance on articles of all kinds, from bed
spread to gold watch, and from cider
mill to a shoe string. And above all is
heard the SOnorous voice OF Fritz Schnltz-
| Ter endeavoring to obtain voters and
chance takers on the articles over which
he presided.
Entering the hall upon the left. in charge
of Mrs. Bruhn, Mrs, Kroenert, Mrs.
Frank, Mrs Springborn and Mrs. Wanecke,
is the supper room where are set tables
loaded with everything to tempt
the appetite Here can be obtained
an excellent dish of oysters as well as a
good and enjoyable supper, Next is the
fancy goods booth presided over in excell-
ent style by Misses Albertena Billmann and
Anna Roller Every available space within
is taken up with paintings, finely dressed
dolls and all kinds of fancy work. A
crayon study by Miss Ella Dresser hangs
upon the wall.
Next is the officers booth within which
were seated Mrs Weissienfluh, Mrs
Luedicko, Mrs Billmann, Mrs. Tusch and
Mrs Schnitzler. There were offered for
sale a number of rare and costly goods
Master Willie Tusch presides over fine
case Of cigars and candies.
Next genial Fritz Schnitzler stands
ready to grasp the hand OF all passers by
and invite their intention to the array OF
presents and candidates for public favor
exposed upon the black board benin d
him:
Gold headed cane; John Ramsell, II.
Schmertfeger.
Gold headed umbrella; Henry Schnitzler,
H Blaise.
Suit of clothes; Master E. Weissenfuh,
Phillip SchuelOr.
Gold Watch: Lena Rossler, Annie Wag-
ner.
Silk hat; Chas. Hull, Hy Schoenfeld.
Plush cloak Cora Baehr Mabel Bruhn.
One pair bracelets; Minnie Cartel,
Hattie Meisner
Red velvet hat; Annie Roller, Annie
Crib.
AS you go down on the other side of the
house Misses Amelia BissantZ and Kate
Kroenert extend to you a cordial invitation
to take peep at the prettiest woman on
earth.
Mrs. Bolte and Mrs. Bissantz stand be
hind the lottery stand, one of
the pretNiest booths in the
hall and invite your attention TO the great
number of beautiful and useful articles to
be given away to the holders of lucky
numbers. There is that beautiful German
china tea set that Mrs Bolte brought all
the way from across the sea; then there
are green house plants and flowers, ladies
and childrens clothing, lates and many
other articles.
Mrs. Sommers and Mrs, Blaise, two very
pleasant ladies take care of the domestic
booth and a very choice sleection of useful
and elegant article of ladies underwear
and fancy goods are exhibited.
Mrs. II. Tatgenhorst and Mrs. Otto Hell
lar have made their fancy goods bazaar
a beautiful and attractive place. The
walls are covered with lace bed
spreads, silk scarfs, table, piano and
stand covers, while upon the tables are to
be seen pin cushions, embroidered articles,
foot stools, an elegant velvet hat, an arts
tically hand-painted table scarf and long
list of other articles.
At the cigar and soda water stand are to
be found Mrs Kopplin, William Schnitzler
and Miss Schlemmer always ready to sup
ply the needy with articles in their line.
Miss Schlemmer also gives all an opportu-
nifty to try their luck in the fish pond.
Later in the evening some very enter
tanning performances were given and
heartily enjoyed by those present. All in
all, the fair starts out most successfully
and gives promise of furnishing considera-
bic enjoyment to all attendants tonight
and tomorrow.